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fwiCECA'lION forming part of Letters Patent No. 325,342, dated September 1,1885.

Application filed July 9, 1885. (No modeLl fo all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, MINNIs HEADEN, a citi- Zen of the United States, residing at Christiansburg, in the county of Montgomery and State of Virginia, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Olivers, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to olivers or that class of devices to operate apower-hamrner, the latter being lowered to strike an object and raised from the same,when the stroke is iinished,i`or another stroke.

The object of the invent-ion is to provide a device of this character which shall be simple in its construction, inexpensive to manufacture, not likely to get out of order, and one that may be readily and easily operated with but little exertion.

lilith this end in view the said invention consists in the peculiar construction and combination of parts, as hereinafter setforth, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, Figure l is perspective View of my improvement. Fig. 2 is an end elevation showing the positions occupied by the parts when the hammer is lowered, and Fig. 3 is a detail vertical sectional view showing the arrangement of the springs for returning the frame for raising the hammer to its normal position.

In the accompanying drawings, in which like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures, A Al represent basebeams,which are connected by the cross or tie beams a a".

Extending upwardly from the beams A A', near the forward ends thereof, are nprights or standards Il, which are braced and supported in a vertical position by the bars @which are set at an incline, as shown. The uprights or standards B are connected near their upper ends by a bar, c, which servestohold the beams together against spreading, and is also adapted to limit the upward movement ol.l thc hammer, as will be more fully described.

Journaled in openings of the uprghts or standards B is a shaft, G, which shalt is located about midway the upper and lower ends of the said uprights or standards Secured to the shaft C midway between the uprights or standards B is au arm or handle, D, on the outer endof which is securedahammer of any ordinary or well-known construction.

E represents a frame,which is located at the rear ends oi' the beams A A. This frame E consists of the vertical bars F,which are connected with the tie-beam a by spring-rods c" d, the lower ends of which rods are embeddedin the tie-beam a, while their upper ends may be secured to the vertical bars F in any suitable manner. The vertical bars F are connected at their upper ends by a bar, G, to which are secured the ends of ropes or chains e, which are wrapped one or more times around the shaft C and have their ends secured thereto. By this arrangement it will be seen that the spring-actuated frame is connected with the shaft C, and that if said frame should be moved forwardly the hammer would drop by its own weight, and that when the frame was released the hammer would be returned to a raised position by the action of the springrods c d.

Swiveled to the tie-beam a or at any other suitable point upon the frame is a foot-lever,

H, near the outer end of which is secured one end of a rope or chain, f, the other end of which is wrapped upon the shalt C and secured thereto.

The operation is as follows: The object to be struck or hammered is placed in such a posit-ion that when the hammer is lowered it will strike the same. The foot-lever H is depressed at its outer end by the foot or otherwise. This action causes the shalt C to be partially turned, inasmuch as the connecting rope or chain is wound around the same. As the shaft C is turned the hammer is lowered upon the object, the spring-actuated frame being drawn forward by the connecting ropes or chains, which wind upon the sh aft C. As soon as power is removed from the foot-lever H the spring-actuated frame, in attempting to resume aver-tical position by the act-ion of the spring-rods c d, unwinds the ropes or chains from the shaft G and partially turns the same backward, which movement causes the hammer to he raised, the bar c preventing the backward movement of the hammer further than a vertical line.

While I have described my improved motor as particularly adapted for hammers,it will be seen that it is applicable to other usesfor instance, the motor may be applied to churns, Washing-machines, and the like, by a simple changein the construction and arrangement of the parts.

Having thus described my invention, I claiml. The combination, with a journaled shaft having an arm or handle secured thereto, and a hammersccured to said arm or handle, of means for'partially rotating the shaft to lower the hammer, a spring-actuated frame, and ropes or chains secured to the frame and wrapped around and secured to the `journaled shaft, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with ajonrnaled shaft carrying an arm or handle and a hammer secured to the outer end of the arm or handle, of a springactuated frame, ropes or chains connecting the frame and shalt, said ropes or `chains being Wrapped upon the shaft, and another rope or chain Wrapped one or more times around the shaft, whereby, upon pulling said rope or chain, the shaft is partially rotated, as set forth. v

3. The combination, with ajourualed shaft carrying an arm or handle and a hammer se cured to said arm or handle, of a spring-actuated frame, ropes or vchains secured to the frame and Wrapped around and secured to the shaft, aswiveled foot-lever, and a rope or chain connecting the foot-lever with the shaft and wrapped around the said shaft, as set forth.

4. The combination, with a journaled shaft carrying an arm or handle and a hammer secured to said arm or handle, of a spring-actuated franie, ropes or chains secured to the frame and wrapped around and secured to the shaft, a rope or chain wrapped around and secured to the shaft, and a stop, substantially as set forth.

5. The combination, Witha journaled shaft carrying an arm or handle and a hammer secured to said arm or handle, of a springactuated frame, ropes or chains secured to the frame and Wrapped around and secured to the shaft, a swiveled foot-lever, a rope or chain secured to the same and Wrapped aroundY and secured to the shaft, and a stop, as set forth.

6. The combination, with a journaled shaft carrying an arm having a hammer secured at its outer end, of a frame, spring-rods secured to the lower ends of the uprights composing the frame and to the supporting-base, ropes or chains secured to the frame and Wrapped around and secured to the shaft, and means for partially rotating the shaft to cause the hammer to be raised and lowered, as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

MINNIS HEADEN.

Witnesses:

L. D. LEUNTZ, J. E. CRUSH. 

